The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-04-07
News Of the Oranges.

Woolwich has two oranges, AMI Richmond has
two. Bowdoin should have a good grange.
a meeting in the interest Of new grange was
held in Arrowsiu Friday eve. b, j. W. lang ais.
c. p. Edgecomb, County Deputy.
| Massachusetts is about organizing q patron 5
cooperative fire insurance company, patterned
after her big daughters down here In Maine.
| Why is it that no more grange news is sent In to
the journal, Mr.. Editor, from the counties of Waldo
Hancock, Penobscot and Knox? There should be
column week at least. The latch string Is out.
Ed. Journal
York county is actively engaged in pushing the
grange work. Several new oranges have been
added during the past month. Deputies Blake,
Boothly and Douglass are in the field and alive to
the interests of the order
Somerset county is waking up. Bro. Thing
State Lecturer, has just completed tour there,
accompaniedby Deputy IIoway and much interest
has been awakened. Work will be continued by
Deputies and the county grange and results of a
beneficial nature realized.
Rhode Island has had grange instituted in her
borlers-Narraganset No. !, with 46 charter mem
hers. The National Lecturer, Whitehead, and State
Several other oranges in embryo in Little
Rhody and will make an interesting grange family
State Master Kimbrough, Executive Committee
man ellis, Lecturer Gunnels and Forte, of the
Georgia State Grange, were to meet commission
ers from North and South Carolina, Alabama ard
Tennessee at >partansburg, 5. c., April 9th, to in
augurate the Interstate Grange Encampment
upon a similar plan to that of Williams Grave
Pennsylvania.
! March 26th Progressive Grange, No. IS, once eN
listing on Bowdoinham Ridge, was recognized al
Richmond Corner, State Deputy J. W. Lang
assisted by Past Deputy c. Z. Question, w. Master
| Chas. Reed, p. Master Geo. Page, anil other mem
bcrs of Enterprise Grange, Richmond. There
were Al names on the application This is tho
! third new grange in Sagadahoc county this ycal
and makes a total of eight there
The March Pomona Grange, Sagadahoc county
was held with Topsham Grange, No. 81, Wedncs
day. Both ut. Bad roads hard travelling, full meet
| ing; excellent interest. Worthy Chaplain Han
cock, Of the State Grange, gave an able and inter
esting address, and the programme was well car
ried out. Bro Lang proposes to make the five
oranges in Sagadahoc at the time he took the chair
as master of the Pomona last January ten at the
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bership. Sagadahoc has but eleven towns, three
of which are islands. 1t is much cut up by water
and there is great diversity of pursuits. Most OF
/ the old oranges are adding to their membership
Efforts are in progress to unite the grange now
dormant in the town Of Perkins, (Which Is an
island Ill the kcnnebec, opposite Richmond village
and north part of Bowloinham) with Enterprise
Grange in Richmond.
! Maine has new holiday, through the efforts OF
/ the Grange. known as ".irbor Day" In Il mum
Der of the States the time has nearly quite come
around for the celebration of "Arlor Day. a day
set apart by law and under proclamation of the
Governor, devoted the planting of trees III
groves, along highways and around buildings
not only identifying the home and the negbor
hood, but aiding in the restoration of tree growth
so necessary to maintain proper climate and
conditions Of rainfall and moisture, essential t.
the growth of all crops. In several States, by
direct and united action of the Grange, the proper
! legislation has been secured fer an Arbor Day l.,
other states Patrons still have this work to do
| The day should be observed, and In due form
Organized effort in this, as in all other directions
secures better results Prepare for it; talk it owe,
| In meetings. What are tho best varieties of trees
to plant; when and how shall we plant them, etc:
The number of Oranges that regularly observe
Arbor Day is increasing.